Evening in Byzantium (1978)
3h 20m
Running Time
August 14, 1978Release Date
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
3h 20m
Running Time
August 14, 1978Release Date
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Plot.
While the prestigious Cannes Film Festival goes on around him, American movie producer Jesse Craig struggles to develop a pitch-worthy thriller about a terrorist plot. Before long, Craig becomes concerned that a shocking act of real-life terrorism already may be underway. Meanwhile, radical actor Bret Easton works in cahoots with a group of extremists to coordinate the hijacking of a trio of passenger planes in a devastating, multi-city nuclear attack.
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Cast & Crew.

Glenn Ford
Jesse Craig

Eddie Albert
Brian Murphy

Vince Edwards
Bret Easton

Patrick Macnee
Ian Waldeigh

Gregory Sierra
Fabricio

Harry Guardino
Jerry Olson

Simon Oakland
Walter Klein

Michael Cole
Danny

Gloria DeHaven
Sonia Murphy

Marcel Hillaire
Insp. Le Dioux

Len Birman
Len Birman

George Lazenby
Roger Tory

Erin Gray
Gail McKinnon

Shirley Jones
Constance Dobson

Christian Marquand
Insp. DuBois

Lee Bergere
Monsieur Carroll

James Booth
Jack Conrad

Cynthia Ford
Penny Craig

Anthony Costello
John Macklin

William Dozier
William Bast

Nick Dyrenforth
Sen. Kennedy

George Skaff
Moustapha Kamel

Sid Haig
Asted

Ben Frommer
Sine

Chris Winfield
Michael Ruddy

Carol Baxter
Sybil

Edward James Olmos
Angelo

Byron Morrow
Judge

Janice Lynde
Young Girl at Palais

Walt Davis
2nd Controller

Larry Watson
3rd Controller

Paul Verdier
Francois Simon

Duncan Gamble
Flight Captain

Katherine Hopkins Nicholas
Blonde

Susan Woollen
Stewardess

Randy Kirby
Pilot

Chuck Wassil
The Man

Doug Hale
Pilot

Gavin Mooney
1st Controller

Ken Del Conte
Reporter

Nate Roth
Newscaster

Michael Papo
Technician

Edwin F. England
Editor

Loyd S. Papez
Art Direction

Buford F. Hayes
Editor

Michael Sloan
Teleplay

Glen A. Larson
Teleplay / Executive Producer

Robert F. O'Neill
Producer
Media.

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This Movie Is About.
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Wiki.
Evening in Byzantium is a 1978 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television drama film produced by Glen A. Larson Productions and Universal Television, and directed by Jerry London, about the Cannes Film Festival being overtaken by terrorists. It stars Glenn Ford, Vince Edwards, Shirley Jones, Eddie Albert, and Erin Gray, with Edward James Olmos in a small role. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw.